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2762789

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rdf:type
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Amborum Special F and ASFO are two names of a herbal remedy which is adulterated with the glucocorticoid betamethasone. Patients with asthma, rheumatic and chronic diseases import the drug direct from Burbank, California, USA. Its impressive antiasthmatic effect is reported in two patients. While under therapy the first patient developed Cushing's syndrome and the second showed suppression of adrenal cortisol production. The manufacturer, who claims that the drug contains no "western medicine" and in particular no cortisone, is unscrupulous enough to recommend it for children under two years of age. We have observed that a marked glucocorticoid effect and marked glucocorticoid side effects are achieved with small doses of betamethasone. A review of the literature and the two cases reported here suggest that the equivalence doses given in textbooks and tables of glucocorticoid equipotency are incorrect for betamethasone. Betamethasone is a more potent glucocorticoid than hitherto reported.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0036-7672
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
796-802
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Amborum Special F and ASFO--2 glucocorticoid-containing herbal remedies].
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Klinik A des Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports